Sydney news

An early childhood program working with Indigenous communities in west Arnhem Land is trying to divert young people from the child protection and justice systems.

Two men who allegedly led police on a pursuit through Melbourne that resulted in a policeman shooting a man dead are expected to face court today.

The FBI has released its interview with Hillary Clinton, along with a memorandum summarising the investigation into her use of a private email server that contained classified information.

For one Sydney family the news that a stillborn baby had been mistakenly cremated left them with a visceral sense of deja vu. They had lived through it three years earlier.

Hurricane Hermine tore a path of destruction across Florida on Friday, knocking out power for 253,000 homes and raising concerns about the spread of the Zika virus.

For Australia's car makers, it started with a bang, and is ending with a whimper.

Bill Gross says August's jobs data ensure the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this month.

US stocks edged higher, with an earlier rally losing steam amid underwhelming labour-market data.

An explosion in Davao City has killed at least 10 people, with dozens more injured, a spokesperson for the Philippines government has confirmed.

French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was criticised by Italians on Friday for portraying victims of an earthquake that killed almost 300 people as different types of pasta.

US payrolls grew at a slower but solid pace in August while measures of labour slack were flat.

Since he can remember, Santiago and his mates have played pick-up games of football every week in Buenos Aires. But at a certain point, they decided to ban themselves from wearing their Juniors and River Plate guernseys, because it changed them into people they would rather not be when with each other.

The federal parliament is the most important in Australia. It's also more open to corruption than any State parliament.

Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov died on Friday after suffering a stoke, the government announced on Friday. He was 78.

One of the men is the younger brother of the man killed by police on Friday morning after an officer was pinned by a car in the corner of a factory in Tullamarine.

In a first for UK politics, the role of leader of one of the county's leading political parties is being shared.

A month after she shocked television audiences and some of her closest colleagues at Channel Nine following her comments to ban muslim immigration, and a fortnight later when she called a scholarship for gay and transgender children "reverse discrimination", Sonia Kruger has been noticably absent from television screens.

Paris Aristotle, the pre-eminent adviser to both sides of politics on refugee issues over the past two decades, says Australia should be among the countries considered for resettling refugees from Manus Island and Nauru.

A former Stanford University swimmer, whose six-month jail sentence was decried by protesters as too lenient following his conviction of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in 2015, was released from a San Francisco-area jail on Friday.

It's a peculiarly Sydney tale, featuring a waterfront property with stunning harbour views, a stoush over a million-dollar renovation, and a disputed link to an unsolved Sydney crime known as the Shark Arm Murder.

It was the touching moment that united the ACT Brumbies and cemented Christian Lealiifano's place as the Super Rugby club's leader, even as he endures the toughest battle of his life.

The AFL will now seek legal advice in the case of Lachie Whitfield after briefing ASADA of its investigation.

Fairfax Media has been recognised for publishing excellence at the 2016 PANPA awards.

A Romanian hacker nicknamed "Guccifer" who helped expose the existence of Hillary Clinton's private email server has been jailed.

Melania Trumpis suing the Daily Mail Online and a blogger over stories about her past.

When he's securely removed from the objects of his scorn, he's tough as nails; when he's in their presence, he quivers like a bowl of jelly.

Workers at a Coca-Cola factory in southern France found the wrong kind of coke on the premises this week.

Anthony D. Weiner confirmed on Thursday that the New York City Administration for Children's Services has opened an investigation into his treatment of his 4-year-old son, Jordan.

If the Turnbull government cannot manage its own MPs in order to field a team in the House of Representatives, then how will it manage the economy?

Family has never been more important for those taking the first step on the property ladder.

A humiliated Malcolm Turnbull has warned Coalition MPs to lift their game and show more discipline, as Labor celebrated exposing the government's porous control of the Parliament.

Police have warned that a rash of illegal brothels in Melbourne CBD apartments may harbour trafficked women as sex workers.

The plot was hatched under their noses, but they didn't see it coming. Not the ministers, who left the Parliament in blissful ignorance. Not the MPs, who did the same, or the party whips whose task is to instil discipline. And not the Prime Minister or his chief tactician, Christopher Pyne.

Elijah Doughty's death sparked a riot this week in Kalgoorlie but the community flashpoint masks a much bigger issue lurking under the surface.

"A lot of students would be left in the lurch.

Labor factional powerbroker Sam Dastyari is facing ongoing scrutiny over his close connections to Chinese-Australian interests, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull questioning whether donations led to the NSW senator contradicting his party's policy in a "cash for comment" arrangement.

Michael Keenan noticeably thrilled when Fairfax Media insisted on inquiring about his longevity as a frontbencher.

Remarkable as it might seem, in the face of unabashed unChristian conduct by Trump, evangelical leaders up and down the US are falling in behind him.

The hunt is on for two women who could have witnessed what happened to Gilbert Bogle and his lover Margaret Chandler, whose death on the banks of Sydney's Lane Cove River on New Year's Day in 1963 sparked one of the longest cold cases in NSW history.

Ricci Bartels spent 26 years helping other people find a job before she joined the unemployment queue five years ago.

Bulldogs skipper James Graham was placed on report for lashing out at his English teammate and longtime adversary Sam Burgess in retaliation for an apparent prowler tackle as Canterbury's late-season spiral continued on Friday night.

Another dramatic home-and-away season has come to an end and we have taken the opportunity to reflect on the highs and lows that shaped 2016.

Sam Dastyari is probably the best "retail" politician on the federal Labor side. But he's still a net liability to the party.

A 23-year-old man died when his motorbike and a car collided on Lady Denman Drive.

The Liberals would open two new hospitals if elected.

Sydney's Inner West Council is fending off claims of crisis after the last of the three former general managers in charge of the area left the new coucncil. 

One of Australia's richest families is selling a record-smashing $50 million-plus property portfolio, including a Melbourne mansion that will be the most expensive home to ever hit the market in Victoria.

Canberra FC coach Peter Kavouris said he was furious due to the Capital Football's decision to reverse their win over Belconnen United in last weekend's major semi-final because of a player being ruled ineligible.

ACT Brumbies winger Henry Speight is on the verge of a Wallabies recall and will use the NRC to push his claims for a Test spot.

Canterbury loses its third successive NRL game heading into the NRL finals, falling 10-28 to South Sydney.